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FHEEPORT. NEW YORK, FEBRUABY24,1983
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Freeport Police NgbXop-Shooter
Suspect Accused of Firing
Twice At ViHage^6ncemcin^
Gets New Contract
FREEFOKT - Two Village police officers are credited with the street
coDar cf an armed TO^year-dd Fireeport £sfawasher, who less than 12
hoots before had allegedly taken two shots at another policeman.
Freeport PoBce Officers Jitk Kilbride and MacArthur Stringer, a
two-man Tactical Detail, arrested 20-3rear-otd Michael Mosby of 25
Rutland Boad, Freeport. at '
s Village Trustee
Candidates Speak,
At Tenants Forum
FREEPOBT •- Fire of the six
announced candidates for Free-port
Village Trustee accepted the
Freeport Tenants Association in-sitation
to speak at a Candidates
Forum - Wednesday evening.
February 16. Incumbents Jim
Of ri and_ Vincent DiCostaruor,
the Republican/Village Patty
candidates; Tyrone Aothony and
Anne dorer Chao, the Democrat­ic/
Party candidates; and Lioael
Socolov, Home Rule Party candi­date,
each spoke for ten minutes,
. followed by ten tt^ute periods of
questions directed to the: can­didate
who had just presented his
or her views.
Douglas. Mora;!, canitolate for.
the Intrgilty "Rrty, «r£i"Svited
irji choM not to attend.
. Jim Clark .,
Oark, who is tunning for his
:;cond, two-year term, spoke,
first. Emphastztag the accom­plishments
of the present village
, .administration, be said, "I be­lieve
Freeport after {our years is >
better place to live."
Describing w'hit'he called the
"successes," be ftemized: en­couragement
of new bnsioess; the
r.rw shopping centers oa Atlantic
Or, Jones Geis Five Year
Commitment With Raise ,
• ' . * • ' . ' • . , by Joan Oelaney
BALDWIN-Wheii Soperinteodent of Schools RoQand Jooes came tO'
the Baldwin School District Bve yean ago, inxn the retirement of Dr.
Fred Shoce, his hiring was heralded and the details of Us contract
w ^ spelled oat. That contract included as initial salary of S48,00Q and
wu «three year commitment. It was understood that Board of Educa­tion
priorities ipchided the re-
Broadway and Cdumbns Avenue
at about IJO pm on Friday,
February 18.
According, to the . officers
involved, t ^^ recognized Mosby
bom the description given out
at the end of the street and
Freeport police immediately
surrounded (he area, joined by
Nassau Coonty police units and at
least one county polics helicopter...
The woods were searched but
foOowiag an inddent earfier that' Ixinrs latet.the search was called
morning.-' -.-' '~ off witluut any trace of the man .
'.-Mosby had allegedly 6red two wbosbbtatPtmGk. ,
shotsratfteeport-fWice OfBcer _--. wi,^' Kilbride aiid Stringer
spotted Mosby that\ afteriMon,
organization of sdiools. Jones'
cffiitract at. that time was apptoxi-mately
at. the middle level' of
superintendents in the area
althougtt tending toward-the
lower end -of the spntrum
based on the number of students
and re^xmsibiBties.
At the December I, 1982
Baldwin Board of Education
roee^g, the Board of .Educa^on
approved Jonct' iww contract
in eiscntive sessim. According to
a district spokesman, the
approval and details of a supetin?.
tendent's contract have never
been annoonced in. a news
release. However, as a result of
qnestiaas by members of the
community - regarding^ the con-ttact,
THE LEADER In'terviewed
vatioas~3sttict staff persoiinel,-'
. faKtnding Dr. Jones, in an effort
to pursue the details of the
contract and to put,those facts
in a context.
The contract calls for a Bve
year canuiBtioen.uJDnjtng the
and South Main Street u>d •heJ,j,_j,„^^,J,,_i<,nes has°biin
Bki Flaia; the sooo-W-be eon- . •» . T .
siructed office building at Bay-virw
and Atlamic Avenues; and
the expected redevelopnicnt. of
th; long-ckxsed Grants store.
In the residential'area, Oark
pointed to' the 'Homeflflders
I>rogram and Sectioo 23S Hous­ing,
bringing in new famSes; the
Homesteading program; and
Community Devetopment money
for'home repairs. He mentnoed
ihrt ther: fits been "a conplei:
lumovrr is theBniUing Depart-
.Txni...We are deaning up a lot
the problems," said Clark,
.ificiatiagaadeuiyeatly contract. -
Diuiiig the &i mootlu dace July
1, Jones was wcrking without a
new contract. The new contract
caSs for a salary ci S60,000 bom'
July 1.1962 nntn Jnoe 30,1983.
The Superistendeot't salary ftaa
July 1, 1983 onta Jna: 30, 1964
will be 165,000. In addidco,
prior to March 1 of the contract's
third year, the Board of Edncatioo'
shall begia a review to ezaraim
whether to oflet the Soper-iatendentan
incrsas: in salaiy-an^
cr fringe.
During the past fir: years,
ppxtiKS to the cases b™oj,.t t y j jo^j,. ecatraet increased by
• " 't^iLKiPaesiej • $2,000 foe each of tSi first tires
years. In the fourth year, his
salary increased to S55,S00. This
represents an average increase of
five percent over each of the five
years.Th comparison, the teach-m
received a oew contract this
September winch called for' a
6.7 pfaceSt increase for 19S2-&3
and the following year an increase
which is tied to a cost-of-Hving
f oimiila wluch vnll be no less than'
5 percent.and DO more than 8
percent. In ad(£tioo, according to
Board President Lorraine Deller,
Jones' percent of salary increase
is'in «iord>£ith other groups in
the district.'
In discussing the inatter witb
Dr. Jones, tl«: Superintendent
referred to a ocra&fential fist
of superintendents' salaries in the
county. Of the 31 whoresponded'
-'to the survey, Jones noted, 19
-were above Inin in salary and. 12
below "him, when the Fall nego-tiatiiig
was goix^ on. Since that
time, 'ether superintendents
have settled contracts with foceil
'a))Ove ^_$«M)00-1hat Jones is
. present^ receiving. He also
noted that, salaries reflect imin-berx
of students and job responsi-biEties
as well as geographic
and ecxnoraie-eaoditians ti the
district. .~ -
The dsuract also iackdes
Jones* use of a school district
car. Accoctfiag to DeOer, tUs wffi
result in a tavinai to the district
since the (Gstiict b able, to
pordiase a car through a suts
contract at > lower cost. If the car
b said, the district could'make,
moaey or break even oa the por-diase.
In ad^&m.. the disliict
woaU net pay militge and
(Cool.6nPa<t49i • -• • •.'
Robert PauSk, as tlie ofBcer was
attempting to question tarn at
3.-0S am near the end ct Beniung-ton
Avetme. According to the
police report, Paulik saw a black
male,' ahotzt 18-20 years old,
wearing a blue snorkel jacket and
a wtute for bat. near the end of
the street. The policeman got out
of his patrtd at, to question the
suspect,'who — IJecxuse of his
"descifctioh^=- be'beBev^d may.
have 4een responsible for some
- recent robberies in the area.
The suspect, however, ran off
and as Officer Paulit^raa-after
him down Bennington Avenue,
the gunman Aiddenly turned and
fired two shots at Paulik. Accord­ing
to the police, Paulik fired two
shots back fiom' his service'
revolver, bat no one was hit
during the exchange of gt:nfire.
The suSpect ran into the woods
they called,lum over to the cu
and he volitstatily fpl into it.-But
when they juked him about the
incident. Officer Kilbride repnt-'
ed later, Mbsby put his band in-hb
^iocket, where he could have
been.carrying a gun. KUbijde
gtib^jed'Mosby's afin'and then
drew his own service revolver, -
while Stringer placed Wosby in
handcuffs. When the officers
searched Mosby. lh:y found a
plastic' gag with bullets and a
ihern»s bottle.' allegetlly filled
with »ngel dost. The gun. a .22
caliber Magnum Derring"eT was
also recovered^- ---^^—-
Mosby was arraigned for
Attempted Murder of a PaGce
Officer;- Robbery First Degree;
Criminal Use of a Brearm;
Possession of a Fiteana; >n4
lConl.onPaB»14)
. "HOLLYV^OOD," FHEEPORT STYLE. A-movte set was locatad'at
Freeport Pollca Headquarters, end elsewt>ers In VillaQailail, for two:_.
tnd-a-half days lest week. Filming wai for "Joey," MUint to b i f»-
Jaessd to theaters this fall. -Sirca Ihs making of a Betts Davts movie
thsra two years ego, ths unlqus erchltecture ot Fresposl Villeg*. Hall '
h a tttrtctsd ths coaUnuing etl:nt!cs-i o< rtovis-produciion companies.
. . yyajdilpg lll/T> crsw mjn&srs t l wort: £l Polics HaaJquarUra la Villiga
Mayor Willtoa Whita {I.J arxl Polics CSilsf Anirmny Eter (r.).